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García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during Queen Charlotte cruise from Gravesend to York Factory started at 1793-06-26 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751645, In: Jones, Philip D; Wheeler, Dennis A; Können, Gunther P; Koek, Frits B; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; García-Herrera, Ricardo (2007): Climatological observations from ship logbooks between 1750 and 1854 (release 2.1) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.611088

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Related to:
García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2005): CLIWOC: A Climatological Database for the World's Oceans 1750–1854 (and 10 more publications about CLIWOC results in the same volume). Climatic Change, 73(1-2), 1-12ff, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-005-6952-6
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 58.907273 * Median Longitude: -37.004545 * South-bound Latitude: 56.500000 * West-bound Longitude: -63.700000 * North-bound Latitude: 61.750000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.430000
Date/Time Start: 1793-06-26T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1793-07-17T16:00:00
Event(s):
Queen_Charlotte_17930626_PRO_BH1_1626 * Latitude Start: 51.490000 * Longitude Start: 1.170000 * Latitude End: 61.320000 * Longitude End: -64.020000 * Date/Time Start: 1793-06-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1793-07-17T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Queen Charlotte, Voyage: Gravesend - York Factory, 1st Observer: John Turner (1st Officer/Master), Company: Hudson Bay Company
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
Wind directiondddegWind direction (from which the wind is blowing) in whole degrees from: 1-360; 361 = calm, 362 = variable. It is not clear from many logbook entries whether the wind direction has been corrected for the magnetic variation (or declination). To avoid any misunderstanding, all winds from reports that included a valid position in the period 1750-1854 were corrected. All other wind directions are given without being corrected.
Wind speedffm/scalculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the first landmark
CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
10 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
11 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
12 DeclinationDecldegIt is generally accepted by the CLIWOC team that the wind directions, reported by the ships officers, were relative to the magnetic North direction. Navigators were well aware of the difference between the true and magnetic north direction, but the compasses (we assumed that the bearing-compasses were mostly used for determining the wind direction) were not always adjusted. Therefore the wind direction has to be corrected. The magnetic declination (or variation, as it is known on board ships) is given for the whole CLIWOC period (1750-1850) for every 5x5 degree square. The number was added to the wind direction to get the true wind direction.
13 Wind direction descriptionWind dir descrAll reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Present weatherwwWeather description
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
384 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]
(Wind direction (from which th...)

ff [m/s]
(calculated from the descripti...)

Landmark
(Name of first landmark)

Bearing
(Bearing of the first landmark)

Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the first landmark)

Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
10 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
11 
Comment
(Other remarks, that were not ...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
15 
ww
(Weather description)
16 
Precip descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1793-06-26T12:0059.32-6.432652.6N75W97.00-28SSE, VARIABLE, SSW, WNWFRESH BREEZES, LIGHT BREEZESSHOWERS OF SMALL RAINFINE AND CLOUDY1100000205973
1793-06-27T13:0059.67-9.153626.7N74W87.00-30WSW, SWBS, VARIABLESTIFF GALES, SQUALLY, MODERATE, MODERATE BREEZESSHOWERS AND RAINHAZY AND CLOUDY AND FAIR1100000205974
1793-06-28T13:0059.50-12.1520622.6S85W91.00-30SW, VARIABLE, SSW, SBW, SWBWEASY BREEZE, STIFF GALESHOWERSFINE AND CLOUDY1000000205975
1793-06-29T13:0059.20-16.479222.6S82W134.00-32WSW, VARIABLE, SW, SBW, SE, SEBEFRESH BREEZES, MODERATE BREEZES, FRESH GALES, STRONG GALESRAINCLOUDY AND HAZY0100000205976
1793-06-30T13:0058.67-18.45112.6S69W65.00-34SEBE, VARIABLE, SSW, ESE, NESTIFF BREEZES, LIGHT AIRS LIGHT BREEZESMUCH RAINCLEAR0100000205977
1793-07-01T13:0058.18-21.97112.6S78W114.00-34NEMODERATE BREEZE, LIGHT BREEZETHICK AND CLOSE0000000205978
1793-07-02T14:0057.50-22.802689.3S32W49.00-36NNW, VARIABLE, NWBN, NW, WBN, NWBWLIGHT BREEZES, FRESH BREEZESCLOSEDROPS OF RAINCLOUDY AND HAZY0100000205979
1793-07-03T14:0057.50-26.308822.6N89W112.00-36S, VARIABLE, EBS, SEBE, SEBECALM, LIGHT BREEZES, FINE BREEZE, FRESH GALES, STIFF GALE, STRONG GALETHICKRAINFINE AND CLOUDY0100000205980
1793-07-04T14:0057.55-28.85769.3N88W82.00-37VARIABLE, SEBE, ESESTRONG GALES, MODERATE, MODERATE BREEZE, LIGHT AIRS, FRESH BREEZETHICKHEAVY RAINCLEAR0100000205981
1793-07-05T14:0057.48-33.955722.6S89W165.00-33EBN, ESTIFF GALETHICKRAINCLEAR0100000205982
1793-07-06T14:0057.72-37.42512.6N82W113.00-39NEBE, VARIABLE, EFRESH BREEZE, MODERATE BREEZE, LIGHT BREEZEFINE0000000205983
1793-07-07T15:0058.05-40.829522.6CAPE FAREWELLN49W49N79W100.00-40SEBE, SELIGHT BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES, STIFF GALESRAINFINE AND CLOUDY0100000205984
1793-07-08T15:0057.92-45.73329CAPE FAREWELLN21E38S87W157.00-42SEBE, NE, NBEFRESH BREEZE, STRONG GALES, SQUALLY, LESS WINDRAINCLEAR AND FAIR0100000205985
1793-07-09T15:0056.50-47.423626.7S35W98.00-34N, NNW, NW, VARIABLESTIFF BREEZES, MODERATE BREEZETHICKDRIZZLING RAINCLOUDY AND CLEAR0100000205986
1793-07-10T15:0057.90-51.502056.7N58W156.00-43VARIABLE, SW, WSWMODERATE BREEZE, FRESH GALES, SQUALLY, MODERATESOME RAINCLOUDY AND CLEAR AND HAZY0100000205987
1793-07-11T16:0058.57-53.871262.6N59W88.00-43WSW, W, VARIABLE, SW, S, SBEMODERATE BREEZE, LIGHT BREEZETHICKHAZY0010000205988
1793-07-12T16:0058.93-53.7227222.6N3E77.00-43SBE, NW, VARIABLE, NWBN, NWLIGHT AIRS, FRESH BREEZES, STRONG GALESTHICK AND CLOSE0000000205989
1793-07-13T16:0060.68-53.552611.0N5E60.00-43NW, VARIABLE, NWBWSTRONG GALES, LESS WIND, STIFF GALE, MODERATE, MODERATE BREEZE, LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY AND CLOSE0000000205990
1793-07-14T16:0060.85-54.772169.3N60W41.00-43SW, W, WBSLIGHT AIRS, CALM, LIGHT BREEZE, FRESH BREEZESTHICK FOGCLOUDY AND FINE0010000205991
1793-07-15T16:0061.75-56.151932.6N37W67.00-43W, VARIABLE, NWBW, NW, WNW, SWBWMODERATE BREEZE, SMALL BREEZE, FRESH BREEZE, LIGHT BREEZEFINE0000000205992
1793-07-16T16:0061.40-58.931719.3RESOLUTIONN86W55S77W82.00-43SW, SWBSMODERATE BREEZE, FRESH BREEZEFINE AND HAZY0000000205993
1793-07-17T16:0061.12-63.701386.7EAST BLUFF OF RESOLUTIONN45W13S84W138.004AM SEVERAL ISLES OF ICE, 8AM SAW MUCH ICE TO THE WEST. 41W-42SW, SFRESH BREEZE, MODERATE BREEZEFINE, HAZY AND CLEAR0010001205994